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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Chinese student was questioned for hours in the US, then sent back even as Trump policies shift
The 22-year-old philosophy student from China did not expect any problems after his 29-hour flight arrived at a Texas airport this month as he was on his way to study at the University of Houston.
His paperwork was in order. He was going to study humanities not a tech field that might raise suspicions. He had a full scholarship from the U.S. school and had previously spent a semester at Cornell University for an exchange program with no issues.
But the student, who asked to be identified only by his family name, Gu, because of the political sensitivities of the matter, was stopped, interrogated and 36 hours later, put on a plane back to China.
He also was banned from coming back for five years, abruptly halting his dream for an academic career in the United States.
There is no opportunity for the life I had expected, Gu said.
https://apnews.com/article/chinese-students-trump-deportations-visas-1820a05254632a3d0fa52ab85f47fe31
This is just STUPID!

IA8IT
(6,266 posts)oswaldactedalone
(3,584 posts)How can these bastards be so evil?
walkingman
(9,852 posts)that we deny Chinese student from pursuing an academic career here?
Well, I've got news for this administration - they have already won. When we treat people this way it is a clear signal that we are not a welcoming country and have what I would call an "inbred" philosophy in terms of science, technology, and engineering.
We hurt ourselves much more that the ones that are pursing excellence in their lives.
ananda
(33,217 posts)That's what they want.
Jilly_in_VA
(13,072 posts)Why don't they admit it already?